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Nintendo will reportedly be rolling out an update to get your Wii U up and running faster. According to analyst David Gibson, who is at the company's investor briefing in Japan, an update is due out next month to do just that.

According to Gibson, the results will be improved boot-up times in the neighborhood of 20 seconds. Nintendo might not have an "instant on" feature like the Xbox One or a standby mode akin to PS4, but this update would get the Wii U much closer to that.

Our TakeConsumers typically undervalue instant (or speedy) start-up times. The less time you spend waiting around, the more time you're gaming. More importantly, if a system starts more quickly, it's easier to jump in for shorter play sessions. This is a good target area for Nintendo, provided there are new games coming to play.

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No you havent since they never siad this before besides a Pre-boot menu to boot in to commonly used apps or games on the Wii U before Boot but you we none of us have heard anything about Faster boot speeds for system start up but we have had and in place faster system in the menus and other stuff

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No you havent since they never siad this before besides a Pre-boot menu to boot in to commonly used apps or games on the Wii U before Boot but you we none of us have heard anything about Faster boot speeds for system start up but we have had and in place faster system in the menus and other stuff

They have been for almost 6 months talking about faster resume from store, faster resume from games, etc (done), faster launch times, and a overall faster experience.

i would say reduced by 20sec cause current from power button on gamepad to the time it takes to load everything on Wii U it takes 35sec so if it was reduced by 20sec that bring it down to 15sec but even if it is to make it only a 20sec bootup that is still 15sec faster

They have been for almost 6 months talking about faster resume from store, faster resume from games, etc (done), faster launch times, and a overall faster experience.

yes i know this i own a Wii U but i was replaying to your comment based on i assumed you was more like ( yea all believe that when it happens they have siad that for ages but nothing) . the boot time itself has never really changed from power to everything loaded on Wii U

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Would really love to see Nintendo incorporate something similar to Sony's Cross-buy platform between the the Wii U and 3DS :yes:

The fast-boot will be a great addition to the OS though (Y)

Yeah they REALLY need to implement some sort of Cross Buy system. I have specifically not purchased games because of them not supporting it. I refuse to purchase the same game twice and instead of having it once I would rather not have it at all just to make a point. May be stubborn but I am sticking to it.

And I am very curious to see this 20 second claim in action, as really my WiiU does not take all that long at all to get to the main menu from me pressing the power button. Unless the Zelda bundle includes some mystical mysterious power from the lands of Hyrule that makes it boot faster. :laugh:

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I just timed my Wii U's boot up (literally, gamepad in one hand, stopwatch on phone in the other) and it took ~20 seconds from pressing the power button on the controller to main screen.

I don't get this. Maybe because I have the normal, white bundle with no HDD connected? :s If they reduce it by 20 seconds it will be instant-on :laugh:

well i timed mined around 34sec that is until everything is up and loaded on the screen or so i have a video below to show this i have the 32gb model Zombie U version tho that dont matter much i dont think

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I will try to time mine at some point this weekend. I am pretty positive mine will be around the 20 seconds area, possibly even less. My WiiU boots up pretty damn quick. And I did own the WiiU at launch (different model), so I am very well aware how long it can potentially take. It was INSANE how long it used to take.

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Having to access/read an external drive might slow down boot up. If it takes several seconds for the drive to start spinning at the necessary RPM to read I thought it might cause lag. But no firmware update could negate that.

For those of us who don't have issues with slow boot up, this update mightn't do much for us in that department.